DISCOVERY OF THE LONG LOST INHABITANTS OF THE PYRAMIDS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 December 1881, Page 2

DISCOVERY OF THE LONG LOST INHABITANTS OF THE PYRAMIDS.

*9 The students of arcbse llogv in Egypt h. ye made a discovery which promises to clear oft" the cloud with which the inarch of time has enveloped the ancient history of Egypt. Some of the nativd tribe of tbe Bdaweens were noticed offering for sale numerous antiquities, and on investigation, it was found they were obtained from a cavern cut out of rock 35 feet deep and 200 feet long, situated near the Nile, to the east of the Tbebas. On examining the cavern it was found to contain mummies of kings of Egypt of tbe three dynasties which reigned from 1706 BC. to 1110 BC., and which comprised twenty-eight kings. Thirty royal mummies have been found in tbis extensive tomb, and supposition is tbat the Egyptian priests, during some period of revolution or invasion, removed tbem from Iheir royal hatrtation in the Pyramids, and deposited them io this secret cavern to preserve them from violation, Four papyre have been found, the largest of which is about 140 feet long and 61 wide double size of any other which bas found and great things in the revelation of history are expected from the deciphering of it. For the least interesting of tbe relics found the mummy of the great Queen of Egypt who has been independently indentified with tbe daughter of Phiraoh who rescued Moses from tbe Nile. There bnve ai.o been found no fewer then 3700 mor.uary statues and 2000 other relics. Among these are fifteen gigantic wigs worn on state occasions, a leathern tent pro'usely covered wUh hieroglyphics and by tbe side of ea«.h departed monarch is found an alabaster urn containing the heart and entrails of the deceased.